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The United States will deport more students for their participation in pro-Palestinian protests at the Columbia University, Secretary of State Maro Rubio said on Friday.
The students were involved in last spring’s demonstration against Israel following its military operation in Gaza, an action President Donald Trump chastised.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last Saturday arrested a Palestinian graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil. Officers have arrested another student, after a third chose to self-deport.
Speaking to reporters during a G7 summit in Canada, Rubio said the students facing expulsion would have been denied visas if they had revealed their support for Humans.
Rubio described Hamas as “a murderous and barbaric” organization, stating that any one attending universities in America, and “turning them upside down” will be unpunished.
The Secretary expressed the US government’s rejection for anti-jewish and anti-semitic activities, shutting down schools or disturbing public peace.
He said despite paying for high price schools, some students were afraid to go to class because of “lunatics around with covers on their faces, screaming terrifying things.”
Rubio stated that the deportation matter was not about free speech, but about “people who do not have a right to be in the United States to begin with.”
“When you come to the United States as a visitor, which is what a visa is, you’re here as a visitor, we can deny you that visa,” he declared.
The Secretary also said if any one ends up having a green card, as a result of a student visa, and gets involved in antisemitism, “we’re going to kick you out.”
“No one has a right to a student visa, no one has a right to a green card,” Rubio stressed. “When you apply for a student visa or any visa to enter the United States, we have a right to deny you for virtually any reason.”
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